Even nations with enough food to eat are losing brain-power, says a UNICEF report
At the current rate of decline in the under-5 Infant Mortality Rate, India is not likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of bringing down the IMR to 40 per 1,000 live births for the year 2015, according to a UNICEF report.
David Beckham has no doubt that his former team mate and "Class of 92" graduate will make a success of the job if he takes it.
In a historic move, Pakistan's parliament has passed the much-delayed bill to enable the country's minority Hindu community to register their marriages.
Incidentally, the state government had recently rejected the findings of a report compiled by the couple about malnutrition deaths in tribal areas.
Move the slider on the map above to see the change in percentage of population using an improved drinking water source over 1990 to 2015.
The UNICEF spokesman said the agency had hoped that the gravity of the unprecedented calamity would see a stop to the LTTE's child recruitment.
He played James Bond seven times. But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.
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'I hate 'fakeism'.' 'People don't love who you are, they love what you have achieved.' ' Only your success counts.'
Alex Morgan reminisces about how she dribbled her way to global stardom - and talks about what will come after the final whistle.
We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by ace Reuters photographers.
Former soccer star David Beckham will star in the documentary film 'David Beckham: For the Love of the Game,' which has been commissioned by the BBC.
'You can take a bit of off-time from cricket, mentally as well as physically.'
The biotech company's revenues had fallen to as low as Rs 50 cr.
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PM's Massive Mission to achieve 'Swachh Bharat' by 2019 is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
Sharmila Nair's campaign '18 Shades of Black' is inspiring Indian women to talk about the restrictions they faced while growing up and encouraging people to find solutions.
The magazine's annual international list shows love for our Bollywood girls in Hollywood, but the top slot goes to Hailey Baldwin.
According to Census 2011, India had 5 mn child brides (women marrying under 18 years of age), against 380,000 in 2001 -- an increase of 4.56 mn in 10 years.
We round off the week with some of the good, bad and ugly looks.
The wife of a senior Israeli politician sparked a row after she posted a racially charged joke about US President Barack Obama on Twitter wherein she referred to him as "black and weak".
'We got so many calls after the attack.' 'Loved ones told us forget all this, nothing was more valuable than our lives.' 'But we said, 'No, this wasn't the way forward -- the people, society, the country needs us at this time.'
A year after the worst earthquake in Nepal's history struck at four minutes to midday on April 25 last year, its residents still live in fear.
Rediff Labs analyzed the data on district wise child marriages in India by Census of India 2011.
'Our government has created 10 million jobs when the Indian unemployment rate is at a 45-year high.'
Our weekly take on the good, bad and ugly looks of the week.
The 'wall of shame' is a novel method planned by Nadia district administration in which names of those who defecate in the open would be pasted on a village wall.
India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and the second-highest number of child marriages, according to a UN report which said the country still needs to improve immunisation coverage and stop gender-based sex selection.
According to a report by Save the Children, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18.
World number one Novak Djokovic lost to rivals Roger Federer and Andy Murray in the finals of US Open warm-up events but the Serb insists those defeats have aided his preparations for the last grand slam of the season.
Trinamool Cong's Derek O'Brien said the Centre did not allow West Bengal's tableaux.
US president was unaware that the son of a manual labourer had to abandon studies
UNICEF estimates that almost 16 million children and their families are in urgent need of life-saving support. Since mid-August, there have been at least 1,288 reported deaths.
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